Reporting from the streets: Workers Redefine Media JusticeSubmitted by: People's Production HouseShort Description: The Community News Production Institute (CNPI) is a media justice project of People's Production House. CNPI trains members of grassroots social justice organizations on how to be reporters. CNPI partners with various organizations that include Domestic Workers United, Nah We Yone (it belongs to us in krio), The Street Vendor Project, New Immigrant Community Empowerment and Famil...
�Media criticism as a tool in media justice campaignsSubmitted by: http://fair.orgShort Description: Community activists are very aware that something is wrong with corporate media coverage of their issues, but often lack the tools to articulate just what is wrong and how to fight for more accountable coverage. In this session, organized by the media criticism experts at FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting) and the Center for Media Justice (formerly the Youth Media Council), participants wi...
Video as an Organizing Tool: Lessons from the FieldSubmitted by: Jennifer WagerShort Description: This panel brings together activists from some of NYC’s most innovative community organizations which have pioneered the use of video as a tool for affecting social change and mobilizing their constituencies. Panelists will show examples of their work and distribution strategies from community access TV to film festivals and social networking sites.Presenter One Name: Representative from Self-Advo...